Mrs Annelien van der Mescht Counsellor

Annelien is a Registered Professional Counsellor and Psychotherapist practicing in the Western Cape, Bloubergstrand area. Her training at postgraduate level was at the Australian Institution of Family Counselling, Sydney, Australia, while living in Australia, after which she had some teaching experience in Zambia as a School Psychotherapist and returned to South Africa for further training and currently completing her Master’s degree in Counselling. Psychoanalytic therapy aims to gain insight and understanding of our inner selves. It therefore focusses on longer term change and not only short-term relief. Therapy could therefore also be an opportunity to address a wide range of psychological difficulties which include: • depression • bipolar mood disorder • loss and bereavement • anxiety • anger • psychosomatic concerns • trauma • day to day stress • eating disorders • relationship difficulties • work difficulties • separation issues • loneliness • behavioural problems • addiction • various forms of abuse • personal emotional growth and development